EXCLUSIVE: This Is England and Adolescence manufacturing firm Warp Movies will obtain the honorary Particular Jury Prize at this weekend’s British Impartial Movie Awards (Bifas).
“For practically 25 years, Warp Movies has been the preeminent unbiased movie and TV manufacturing firm within the UK,” stated an announcement from the Bifa jury.
“Warp’s dedication to telling uncooked and related tales, made by visionary writers and administrators, is unflinching and uncompromising. From Useless Man’s Sneakers and This Is England to Adolescence and Reunion, they’ve attracted monumental audiences and proved time and again that there’s a real starvation on the market for tales that inform us the unvarnished fact.”
The corporate might be offered with the award throughout the Bifa ceremony on Sunday, November 30.
“It’s a nice honour to obtain this recognition from Bifa, an organisation that has supported Warp and our movies for over 20 years,” stated Warp co-founder and CEO Mark Herbert.
“Now we have by no means taken the straightforward route and to be recognised by our friends is a reminder that there’s nonetheless a starvation for British tales that lower by way of the noise and make their mark on audiences all over the world – and with our current rent of Amy O Hara we’re signalling our dedication to producing extra ‘Warp’ movies within the coming years.
“I wish to thank all of the courageous and sensible filmmakers, the expertise, the crews and the financiers and funders for working with Warp to inform their tales with craft, conviction and an enormous coronary heart. Additionally, all of the sensible workers who’ve labored with Warp through the years, that is for all of us.”
Based in 2001, Sheffield-based Warp has produced common acclaimed UK unbiased movies and TV sequence. It has labored typically with Shane Meadows on movies together with Useless Man’s Sneakers, This Is England and The Stone Roses: Made Of Stone; whereas the corporate has additionally made movies by Yann Demange (’71), Paddy Considine (Tyrannosaur), Richard Ayoade (Submarine), Ben Wheatley (Kill Listing) and Idris Elba (Yardie).
Having made three This Is England TV seasons with Meadows, Warp scored a world hit this yr with Netflix sequence Adolescence, directed by Philip Barantini. The corporate’s newest mini-series Reunion aired on BBC One within the UK this April.
Earlier this month, the corporate added Amy O’Hara as a producer in its characteristic movie division, with O’Hara becoming a member of from Film4.
Warp has additionally this month launched a paid movie and TV internship scheme for folks residing in South Yorkshire, in partnership with Netflix and Display Yorkshire.
“Rising up in Sheffield and going to a complete college, I wasn’t conscious of the alternatives that existed within the movie and TV business, and the place I maintain immediately could be very a lot right down to an opportunity assembly alongside the way in which,” stated Warp COO Niall Shamma. “We wish to change that and provides native folks the assumption that this business is open to them, and likewise present them with a significant alternative within the sector.”
The corporate is encouraging candidates from working-class backgrounds. The applying course of might be launched by way of Warp’s social media channels, open to candidates residing in South Yorkshire, with the location beginning in March 2026.
